The document summarizes key events and battles of the American Civil War, beginning with Lincoln's inaugural address which stated the Union would not attack first in response to southern secession. It then discusses Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilderness Campaign, Cold Harbor, the fall of Richmond and the Confederacy, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox, concluding with Lincoln's assassination and the ratification of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery.